Small Business
AfDB canvasses $135bn lending to MSMEs in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on financial credit providers to increase lending to micro, small and medium enterprises…
Mentors are the secret weapons of successful startups
“I’ve probably revised this investor pitch deck 200 times,” a founder told me recently. She’d met with more than 50…
Don’t even think of naming your business until you read this
I have learned a lot from the development of NameLayer, and I’m ready to divulge every trick in my arsenal.…
BoI to empower Ebonyi SMEs with N2bn
The Bank of Industry (BoI) have sealed a deal with Ebonyi State Government for a N2 billion matching fund geared…
Uber woe shows investors’ growing role in startups
The unexpected resignation of Travis Kalanick as Uber’s CEO under pressure from investors and series of controversies around largest technology startup,…
Ambode’s N3.5bn largesse to boost small businesses in Lagos
Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday revealed that N3.5 billion of the staggering N24 billion set aside for small…
